Conical hare's fur tea bowl
China, Jizhou or possibly Dangyangyu kilns
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Thinly potted in whitish-grey stoneware in an elegant shallow conical form, with slight bubbling within the walls and covered in a rich iron glaze showing blue hare’s fur streaks running to the centre, the foot cleanly cut with a small foot rim showing the whitish body beneath. 4.2cm high, 14cm diameter.
Provenance: Doyle, New York, Asian Works of Art, 15 March 2021, lot 204. Jason Sprague Collection
China, Jizhou or possibly Dangyangyu kilns
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Thinly potted in whitish-grey stoneware in an elegant shallow conical form, with slight bubbling within the walls and covered in a rich iron glaze showing blue hare’s fur streaks running to the centre, the foot cleanly cut with a small foot rim showing the whitish body beneath. 4.2cm high, 14cm diameter.
Provenance: Doyle, New York, Asian Works of Art, 15 March 2021, lot 204. Jason Sprague Collection
China, Jizhou or possibly Dangyangyu kilns
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Thinly potted in whitish-grey stoneware in an elegant shallow conical form, with slight bubbling within the walls and covered in a rich iron glaze showing blue hare’s fur streaks running to the centre, the foot cleanly cut with a small foot rim showing the whitish body beneath. 4.2cm high, 14cm diameter.
Provenance: Doyle, New York, Asian Works of Art, 15 March 2021, lot 204. Jason Sprague Collection